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What is the right number of heifers to raise?

Managing heifer inventories and determining how many heifers to keep is a more frequent and varied discussion today than in the past. Farms should ascertain exactly how many replacement heifers they need and strategize their management.

July 6, 2023

Jim Moriarty

If we go back 10-plus years, most dairy farms bred all their cows and heifers for dairy calves and raised all heifer calves as dairy herd replacements.

Use these data insights to improve heifer reproduction efficiency

July 3, 2023

Luis Mendonca

Turn platinum heifers into golden girls

Creating an environment that creates and retains more profitable mature cows and producing the right number of quality mature heifers is a large part of the productive life story.

March 20, 2023

Gavin Staley

Against the backdrop of ongoing water shortages and high feed costs, there are compelling reasons to increase the productive life of dairy herds.

2023 starts with uptick in cow numbers, fewer replacements

U.S. quarterly average replacement dairy cow prices averaged $1,720 per head in January 2023, $10 less than October 2022.

February 1, 2023

Dave Natzke

As of Jan. 1, 2023, there were 29.5 replacements expected to calve for every 100 cows currently in the herd, the smallest percentage since 2001.

West: 3 key factors for choosing replacement heifers

October 24, 2022

Carmen Willmore

Old heifer-raising ideals may not be the way of the future

October 26, 2021

Luke Miller

As I travel around the country and go from farm to farm, I see a good trend beginning to take hold as dairy producers are understanding the value of carrying extra heifer inventory.

Troubleshooting weaned heifers

July 28, 2021

Kathy Barrett

Post-weaned heifers are the foundation of the milking herd. Taking the time to troubleshoot heifer management pays the farm back in profitability.

Midway Heifer Yard: Raising quality heifers through careful management and a little healthy competition

March 31, 2021

Jenna Hurty-Person

With the goal of raising the highest-quality heifers possible within a reasonable budget, Clint Al-ag, heifer yard manager of Midway Heifer Yard in Hart, Texas, knows that starts with creating a culture which encourages success.

Evaluating costs the ‘SMART’ way

December 31, 2020

Donna Benschop and Matt Groen

The start of a new year is often a time of reflection on the past year, of setting resolutions for the coming year and, when it comes to your dairy business, a time of crunching the numbers to set both financial and production goals for the coming year.

It’s time to rethink your genetic improvement strategy to combat mastitis and lameness

November 6, 2020

Chuck Sattler

The use of beef sires on dairy cows and right-sizing heifer inventories have been some of the most sweeping changes on dairy farms in recent years.

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